HB 471 — An Act amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.
Congress · introduced 2025-02-04
Latest action: — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 4, 2025
Sponsors
- Brandon J. Markosek (D, PA-25) — sponsor · 2025-02-04
- Jose Giral (D, PA-180) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Carol Hill-Evans (D, PA-95) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Jeanne McNeill (D, PA-133) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, PA-24) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Robert Freeman (D, PA-136) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Melissa Cerrato (D, PA-151) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, PA-129) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, PA-153) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Pat Gallagher (D, PA-173) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Tarik Khan (D, PA-194) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Mary Jo Daley (D, PA-148) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Kyle Donahue (D, PA-113) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Mandy Steele (D, PA-33) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Lisa A. Borowski (D, PA-168) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, PA-177) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Daniel J. Deasy (D, PA-27) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- Scott Conklin (D, PA-77) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- G. Roni Green (D, PA-190) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
- III John C. Inglis (D, PA-38) — cosponsor · 2025-02-04
Action timeline
- · house — Referred to VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, Feb. 4, 2025
Text versions
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Bill text
Printer's No. 0454 · 1,350 characters · source document
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PRINTER'S NO. 454
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 471
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY MARKOSEK, GIRAL, HILL-EVANS, McNEILL, MAYES,
FREEMAN, CERRATO, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, SANCHEZ, GALLAGHER, KHAN,
DALEY, DONAHUE, STEELE, BOROWSKI, HOHENSTEIN AND DEASY,
FEBRUARY 4, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, FEBRUARY 4, 2025
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
2 Consolidated Statutes, in veterans' organizations, further
3 providing for grants to veterans' service officer programs.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 9304 of Title 51 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 9304. Grants to veterans' service officer programs.
9 * * *
10 (a.1) Transfer.--The sum of $1,000,000 is transferred from
11 the General Fund to the department for use under this section.
12 * * *
13 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.Connected on the graph
Outbound (1)
| date | type | to | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | referred_to_committee | Pennsylvania House Veterans Affairs And Emergency Preparedness Committee | — | pa-leg |
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Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brandon J. Markosek (D, state_lower PA-25) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Benjamin V. Sanchez (D, state_lower PA-153) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Carol Hill-Evans (D, state_lower PA-95) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 4 | Daniel J. Deasy (D, state_lower PA-27) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 5 | G. Roni Green (D, state_lower PA-190) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 6 | III John C. Inglis (D, state_lower PA-38) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 7 | Jeanne McNeill (D, state_lower PA-133) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 8 | Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz (D, state_lower PA-129) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 9 | Jose Giral (D, state_lower PA-180) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 10 | Joseph C. Hohenstein (D, state_lower PA-177) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kyle Donahue (D, state_lower PA-113) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 12 | La'Tasha D. Mayes (D, state_lower PA-24) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 13 | Lisa A. Borowski (D, state_lower PA-168) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 14 | Mandy Steele (D, state_lower PA-33) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mary Jo Daley (D, state_lower PA-148) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 16 | Melissa Cerrato (D, state_lower PA-151) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 17 | Pat Gallagher (D, state_lower PA-173) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 18 | Robert Freeman (D, state_lower PA-136) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 19 | Scott Conklin (D, state_lower PA-77) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 20 | Tarik Khan (D, state_lower PA-194) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
Predicted vote
Aggregated from: actual roll-call votes (when present) → sponsor → cosponsor → party median (predicts YES when ≥25% of the caucus sponsored/cosponsored). Each row labels its confidence tier so you can see why a position was predicted.
0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
Activity
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